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Jeremy David Engels

investigates the rituals and rhetoric of oneness—how human beings talk about oneness, interconnectedness, interbeing, and union, and then how they attempt to enact their imaginative visions in action.

Elaine Hsieh

is an internationally accomplished researcher and a Professor at the University of Oklahoma. She has worked professionally as a translator and an interpreter in the US and in Taiwan. As

NDN Collective

is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and narrative change, they are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms. NDNCollective.org

Kaniela Ing

is a Kānaka Maoli father, musician, and community organizer from Maui, Hawai’i. He works as the climate justice campaign director for People’s Action, a network of 42 power-building organizations across

Jared Spears

is a New York-based writer whose essays on culture, work, and ecology have appeared in Jacobin, It’s Freezing in LA!, Society + Space, and elsewhere.

PennElys Droz

is an Anishinaabekwe mother of five, a Program Officer for the NDN Collective, and an active founding Board member of Sustainable Nations. She has worked for over 20 years in

Matthew Sedacca

is a reporting fellow at The Counter, focusing on the nation’s recovery efforts from the Covid-19 pandemic across the food industry. He previously worked at The New York Times and

Stephanie Wood

is a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh journalist living and writing in North Vancouver. In 2020, she was nominated for the Emerging Indigenous Journalist award by the Canadian Association of Journalists. She writes stories

Jeff Goodell

is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and is the author of The Water Will Come (Little, Brown 2017). He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and

Gosia Wozniacka

is a senior reporter at Civil Eats. A multilingual journalist with more than fifteen years of experience, Gosia is currently based in Oregon. She worked for five years as a

Rachel Sarah

is a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area on Ohlone land. Her most recent book, “Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth” (April 2021, Chicago

Nyeleti Brauer-Maxaiea

is the co-founder of Choked Up, “a group of brown and black teenagers who want the right to breathe clean air.” Choked Up focuses on raising awareness of the disproportionate

Mitzi Jonelle Tan

is a Filipina climate justice activist and organizer with Fridays for Future.

Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer

is the former research director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington.

Michael McCann

is the Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship and the former director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington.

Natasha Mikles

is a lecturer at Texas State University, where she teaches classes in Asian Religions and World Religions. Her research examines the intersection of popular literature and religious traditions, specifically in

Jaisal Noor

is an independent journalist and educator based in Baltimore. His work has appeared in outlets such as The Real News Network, Democracy Now, The Atlantic, Bolts Magazine, The Progressive, and

Anna West

is a writer and researcher with a background in literary criticism. She covers the way we navigate changing landscapes (physical and metaphorical), as well as the neuroscience of learning and

Gabes Torres

(she/siya) is a mental health practitioner, grassroots organizer, and writer based in the global South. Her clinical practice and research focus on collective and intergenerational trauma and healing methods, including

Sena Wazer

is a Senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in environmental studies, a 2021 Truman Scholar, and the co-director of Sunrise CT. In 2019, Sena helped organize the September 20th

Kyoung Mi Choi

is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at San Jose State University and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project. She specializes in intergenerational trauma and

Nora Krug

is a widely published German-American author and illustrator whose drawings and visual narratives have received numerous awards. Her visual memoir Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (foreign edition

Richard L. Pacelle, Jr.

is the professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. Before coming to UTK, he taught at Indiana University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis and was department chair at Georgia

Valerie Lambert

is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, President of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (a section of the American Anthropological Association). She was
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